FRIDAY, JUNE 12: DEPART

• Depart for Italy

SATURDAY, JUNE 13: VENICE

• Arrive in Venice
• Meet your KI Concerts tour manager
• Check into hotel
• Dinner daily
• Overnight greater Venice area

SUNDAY, JUNE 14: VENICE

• Breakfast daily
• Guided tour of Venice including the imposing Doge’s Palace decorated by 16th century artists such as Titian and Tintoretto, walk the Bridge of Sighs, and see Piombi Prison
• Enjoy time to explore the area around St. Mark’s Square; walk the narrow paths that wander through history or take an optional gondolier ride (own arrangements)
• Overnight greater Venice area

MONDAY, JUNE 15: PISA | TUSCANY

• Transfer to Tuscany
• Tour Pisa, known worldwide for its leaning bell tower
• Continue to Montecatini, a charming Tuscan village
• Check into hotel
• Overnight Montecatini

TUESDAY, JUNE 16: FLORENCE

• Embark on a guided tour of Florence, the epicenter of the Renaissance. Visit the Piazza Del Duomo, Palazzo Vecchio and Piazza della Signoria
• Enjoy time to explore this fascinating city
• Overnight Montecatini

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17: LUCCA

• Tour Lucca, one of Italy's last fully walled cities dating back to Gothic times
• Transfer to venue in Tuscan town
• Optional individual concert (tbd)
• Overnight Montecatini

THURSDAY, JUNE 18: ROME

• Transfer to Rome, the "Eternal City"
• Festival rehearsal with Frank Ticheli
• Check into hotel
• Festival welcome dinner
• Overnight Rome

FRIDAY, JUNE 19: ROME

• Festival rehearsal with Frank Ticheli
• Enjoy a guided tour of Rome walking through the Roman Forum, home to the world’s first senate, seeing the Capitoline Hill, Citadel of ancient Rome, and the Tarpeian Rock before viewing the magnificent Colosseum itself
• Optional individual concert (tbd)
• Overnight Rome

SATURDAY, JUNE 20: CASTELLI ROMANI

• Festival dress rehearsal with Frank Ticheli
• Tour the Castelli Romani area of Rome, seeing the lakes and the summer Palace of the Popes, Castel Gandolpho
• Festival Gala Concert conducted by Frank Ticheli
• Farewell dinner
• Overnight Rome

SUNDAY, JUNE 21: DEPART

• Transfer to the airport and begin your journey home